Skip to content
Women Against Rape

Women Against Rape

  • Home
  • About us
    • About WAR
    • WAR Archives: from 1977 onwards
    • Feedback from women
  • Latest News
  • Campaigns
    • Current campaigns
    • Asylum from Rape
    • Compensation
    • False allegation or miscarriage of justice?
    • Police sexual and racist violence
    • Sexual harassment at work
    • Stop Taking Our Children
  • Law & Policy
    • Legal Cases
    • Submissions & Briefings
  • Get Help
    • self help guides
  • What You Can Do
  • Contact Us

In the media: Women say CPS fails to prosecute most rape cases.

12 October 20235 May 1995

Protest groups present dossier of alleged attacks that have never gone to court. 

Categories In the Media, WAR archives Tags cps, CPS; charging; prosecutions, press

Press release: In defending Sammy Davis, women defend themselves against rape

6 July 20232 December 1994

This victory makes legal history. However, it is now urgent that the Home Secretary allows Mr Davis to return back to the UK.

Categories Black Womens Rape Action Project, End Deportation, Latest News, Press release, WAR archives Tags Black Women's Rape Action Project, courts, end deportation

Cracker programme (TV) – protest racism

14 July 202325 November 1994

A Danger to Women.

Granada television's episodes of Cracker promotes the classic racist stereotype of Black rapist and white victim.

1994_cracker racism
1994_Cracker Racism 2
Categories Black Womens Rape Action Project, Event, Latest News, WAR archives Tags Black Women's Rape Action Project, complaint, gang rape, police, racism

In the media: TV rape slur angers black viewers

14 July 202324 November 1994

As reported in The Weekly Journal, drama production Cracker is under attack from a Black Women’s group for its portrayal of Black men as rapists. Women Against Rape demand that the remaining two programmes are withdrawn and not televised.

Categories Black Womens Rape Action Project, In the Media, Latest News, WAR archives Tags complaint, gang rape, racism

Child Support Act: Robbery with Violence

14 July 20236 October 1994

The facts regarding the Child Support Act. Defending our rights: This act makes women more vulnerable to rape and other violence in relationships and undermines single mothers’ right to Income Support.

Categories Latest News, Leaflet, Poverty & Violence, WAR archives Tags child maintenance, Child Support Act, children, Domestic violence, family court, Mothers, single mothers, violent fathers, welfare cuts

Response to Law Commission Consultation: Consent in the Criminal Law

14 July 20235 July 1994

Consent in criminal law regarding rape prosecution.  How the proposals laid out in the paper, will further undermine women.

Categories Latest News, Submissions & Briefings, WAR archives Tags Consent, courts, Legal

Letter to Granada Television: speaking out against racial stereotyping

14 July 20232 June 1994

We raise concerns about the proposed TV episode of Cracker. We object to the information we gave Granada TV, based on women’s experiences and struggle, being misused to give credibility to a dangerous stereotype.

Categories Black Womens Rape Action Project, In the Media, Latest News, WAR archives Tags Black Women's Rape Action Project, complaint, gang rape, racism

Press release: Government denies women the power to refuse domestic violence

14 July 20236 April 1994

We speak out against the Governement’s Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign   This campaign, in fact, offers little or nothing in the way of services, protection, policing or resources for women in violent relationships.

Categories Latest News, Poverty & Violence, Press release, WAR archives Tags Domestic violence, Legal, police, poverty

Claiming compensation for rape and sexual assault

14 July 20235 July 1993

Help and advise on how to claim compensation and how to appeal the court decisions

Categories Compensation, Latest News, Leaflet, WAR archives Tags advice, appeal, CICB, criminal injuries, Fighting for compensation, Legal, rights

WAR press release: opposing government cuts to compensation scheme

14 July 202315 May 1993

Press release on compensation: who counts and who pays?

Categories Compensation, Latest News, Statement, Submissions & Briefings, WAR archives Tags CICA, compensation, cuts, Legal, Parliament, recovery, redress
Older posts
Newer posts
← Previous Page1 … Page36 Page37 Page38 … Page41 Next →

war@womenagainstrape.net

Follow us

  • X
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
 

Loading Comments...